Crawfordsville girls’ track and field team won the Sagamore Conference Track and Field on Saturday at Southmont.
Team depth made the difference for the Athenians. Crawfordsville had six champions and scored in all 16 events. A total of 19 team members scored points in the meet.
Crawfordsville girls earning championships were Aubrey Lowe 100 M. Hurdles (16.95), Guinevere Schmitzer-Torbert 300 M. Hurdles (48.56), Riley Gardner High Jump (5’02”) and Long Jump Na’arah Byard (16’ 4.5”).
The Athenians also won two relays. Lilly Hummell, Ally Strickland, Bea Swick and Byard won the 4x100 Relay (50.85) and Caroline Melevage, Ally Johnson, Alea Seward and Schmitzer-Torbert won the 4x400 Relay (4:09).
Athenian coach Amanda Elizondo was excited to see her team dominate the girls meet.
“We could not be more proud of our girls for pulling away with the conference championship by 54.5 points,” Elizondo said. “Winning conference has been a goal of ours all year and we couldn’t be happier with how we competed. This is a great group of girls. They bought into the game plan of ‘getting a point’ for the team, whether that meant winning first place or chasing down a runner to get the last scored point in eigth place. It was truly a total team effort.”
North Montgomery girls finished in third place. The Charger used their depth to score points in several events.
The lone Charger champion was Alyssa Mantesta in Shot Put (31’08”).
Charger Ella McManomy accounted for two individual second place finishes in the 400 M., Long Jump and as a member of the 4x400 Relay team. Other relay members were Mady Holt, Gracie Ratcliff and Sophia Powell.
Southmont had no champions.
In the boys meet, North Montgomery placed fourth just three points ahead of fifth place Crawfordsville. Southmont finished in sixth place just three points behind the Athenians.
There were no champions in the boys meet but several athletes placed in the top three.
Most notably was Southmont’s Vince Remeindo who was second in the 800 M. and he was a member of the second place 4x800 Relay team along with Sam Crum, Hunter Gray and Trent Reeves.
South’s Petroski placed second in Pole Vault followed by teammate Clayton Allen in third place.
North Montgomery’s 4x100 team of Dakota Glasson, Cam Claycomb, Clayton Brown and Hunter Haworth finished in third place. The race was the closest of the day as the Chargers were just .52 behind second place Tri-West and only :01.17 behind first place Lebanon.
Girls Team Scores
Crawfordsville 168, Lebanon 113.5, North Montgomery 94, Danville 74, Western Boone 63, Tri-West 51, Franfort 28, Southmont 26.5.
Boys Team Scores
Lebanon 161, Danville, 129, Tri-West 81, North Montgomery 56, Crawfordsville 53, Southmont 50, Frankfort 47, Western Boone 47.
